Khizar Hussain and Aftab Nawaz with Sir Keir Starmer GB News
By Charlie Peters
Published: 06/07/2023 – 06:00
Khizar Hussain and Aftab Nawaz were filmed sharing leaflets for movement that targets minority Muslim sect
Two Labour councillors have been filmed engaging in sectarian chanting and sharing leaflets for an extremist movement that targets a minority Muslim group, GB News can reveal.Aftab Nawaz and Khizar Hussain, the leader and deputy leader of the Walsall Labour group respectively, have been filmed chanting at a group of Ahmadiyya Muslims who were gathering to proselytise, as they regularly do in the West Midlands town.
Councillor Hussain and Councillor Nawaz were seen in central Walsall last month chanting “long live the finality of the prophet” towards the Ahmadis, who believe in the possibility of future prophets.They were also filmed distributing leaflets which described the Ahmadis as “liars” and apostates. The leaflets also praise the “noble companions” who “fought against them”, which an expert said glorified the killings of those who have claimed to be prophets.
An example of the leaflet seen by GB NewsGB News
Charlotte Littlewood, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, said that the chanting and leafleting in Walsall was “at the very least sectarian and at the very worst supportive of the Khatme Nubawwat movement, a religious-political movement in Pakistan that calls for the death of Ahmadis.”She added: “It’s absolutely abhorrent that persons elected to represent all would be involved in any way in sectarianism.”Councillors Nawaz and Hussain said that they were acting in a private capacity and not in their roles as councillors, adding that there was no link with their demonstration and any organisation that promotes violence or hatred.The local politicians said that it would beinaccurate to suggest that the chants promoted any group or movement.But leaflets distributed at the tense stand-off were produced and promoted by the “Global Khatme Nubuwwat Movement,” appearing to contradict the councillors’ claims.
Charlotte Littlewood, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, spoke about the situation in WalsallGB News
source Walsall news: Labour councillors in sectarian chanting and leafleting scandal (gbnews.com)
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